Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs

[Arkhan Asylum]

I am making this thread now.

The game will be a cross between R-Type, Power Golf, and Shogi. 

It will require the pachinko controller, mouse, and arcade card.



discuss.

[o.pwuaioc]

How will this be different from the DC version? Also, will there be lots of lolis? Pachinkos love lolis.

[ccovell]

If the game doesn't contain either Astérix, Lucky Luke, or Benoît Brisefer, I'll protest.

[esteban]

I want Gunsmoke.Riders.

II BUTTON shoots diagonal left. I BUTTON shoots diagonal right.

All the sprites/stages can feature this goofy "Saber Rider" IP, I suppose.

However, to offer some variety, I want 1-3 special stages that are basically Spy.Hunter.Riders (oil slick to thwart enemies, machine gun standard weapon, occasional rocket launcher to take out Saber.Copter, etc.)

[DeshDildo]

If it's even a little Sunset Ridery I will be very excite.  Speaking of which, one of you smart devs would make my dream come true if you ported a version to PCE/TG

[deubeul]

If the game doesn't contain either Astérix, Lucky Luke, or Benoît Brisefer, I'll protest.

How could you possibly  know Benoît Brisefer?   

[sirhcman]

So is there no actual game play footage of the game (in any format) available? Admittedly I only quickly scrolled through their kickstarter page and only found a bunch of stills

[ccovell]

If the game doesn't contain either Astérix, Lucky Luke, or Benoît Brisefer, I'll protest.

How could you possibly  know Benoît Brisefer?   

Because I was in French Immersion during my elementary school years in Canada, and that's what we'd read for fun in the school library.  :-D

And Tintin, of course.  ;-D

[deubeul]

Ok, makes more sense than ccovell being a 60 years old french guy 

[_Paul]

So is there no actual game play footage of the game (in any format) available? Admittedly I only quickly scrolled through their kickstarter page and only found a bunch of stills

There's some early 3DS gameplay footage in the video.

[sirhcman]

So is there no actual game play footage of the game (in any format) available? Admittedly I only quickly scrolled through their kickstarter page and only found a bunch of stills

There's some early 3DS gameplay footage in the video.

I must have missed that, all I saw were a few small still images in their main video. Isn't it a bit odd they don't have a ton of gameplay footage available for a game that is to be released in less than 13 months?

[elmer]

I must have missed that, all I saw were a few small still images in their main video. Isn't it a bit odd they don't have a ton of gameplay footage available for a game that is to be released in less than 13 months?

They don't have the license to do the game unless the KickStarter gets funded.

Why-on-earth would they have already written a huge portion of the game if they don't know if it can ever be released?????

And as for development schedules ... 16-bit licensed games were done in 4-to-6 months of fulltime work back in the 80's.

Given the low funding goal here, and the amount that must be going out to the licensor, then I suspect that this isn't going to be a fulltime job for any of the participants. I'd be very happy to be wrong about that.

[_Paul]

So is there no actual game play footage of the game (in any format) available? Admittedly I only quickly scrolled through their kickstarter page and only found a bunch of stills

There's some early 3DS gameplay footage in the video.

I must have missed that, all I saw were a few small still images in their main video. Isn't it a bit odd they don't have a ton of gameplay footage available for a game that is to be released in less than 13 months?

Who cares about the other versions.

ONLY PCE MATTERS!

[TailChao]

What will the ESRB be on this game?

IMO, M or GTFO

Anime Only.

[_Paul]

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[Psycho Punch]

[sirhcman]

I must have missed that, all I saw were a few small still images in their main video. Isn't it a bit odd they don't have a ton of gameplay footage available for a game that is to be released in less than 13 months?

They don't have the license to do the game unless the KickStarter gets funded.

Why-on-earth would they have already written a huge portion of the game if they don't know if it can ever be released?????

Thanks for clarifying elmer!

[ParanoiaDragon]

So is there no actual game play footage of the game (in any format) available? Admittedly I only quickly scrolled through their kickstarter page and only found a bunch of stills

There's some early 3DS gameplay footage in the video.

I must have missed that, all I saw were a few small still images in their main video. Isn't it a bit odd they don't have a ton of gameplay footage available for a game that is to be released in less than 13 months?

Who cares about the other versions.

ONLY PCE MATTERS!

That is correct!

[NightWolve]

I want Gunsmoke.Riders.

II BUTTON shoots diagonal left. I BUTTON shoots diagonal right.

All the sprites/stages can feature this goofy "Saber Rider" IP, I suppose.

I would seriously like that idea, and then also have Wild Guns type challenge stages, that is if both types of stages could be worked in, that'd be ideal.

[Arkhan Asylum]

To me, since the show was essentially a wild west shootout in the future, having the rapid fire run n' gunning is just nope.

Sunset Riders is basically just Metal Slug in Dodge City.   It's kind of dumb, as a result.

The list of games I can think of that have a cooler shootout feel to them are....

Golgo 13 and Mafat Conspiracy
Rolling Thunder
City Hunter
Codename Viper
Shinobi
Cyber Cross


The idea of a Gunsmoke style was tempting for about 30 seconds.

PCE has enough shmups.

[Elder]

Well with the news officially out that Aetherbyte will be working with these guys on the PCE version, I think this game has a real shot of being something special.  Atlantean was absolutely awesome, so I wish you the best of luck Arkhan.

[o.pwuaioc]

Were you thinking of a strong platforming aspect to it?

[Gredler]

Dick Tracy and would be a good skeleton to flesh out and reskin to a wild west theme

[Dicer]

A rolling thunder style game would be the tits, the TITS I say...

[spenoza]

I have always wondered why, with all the games Namco DID put on the PC Engine, that the PCE never got a Rolling Thunder or Rolling Thunder 2 port. I feel like the system is very well designed for the large character sprites in those games.

[Arkhan Asylum]

The only thing Rolling Thunder style wouldn't need in Saber Rider would be the doors.

lol.  Those are dumb.

I am not sure on platforming.  That really depends on the art/level/prototypes of what they show us.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Golgo 13 and Mafat Conspiracy
Rolling Thunder
City Hunter
Codename Viper
Shinobi
Cyber Cross

And Robocop!

[Dicer]

The only thing Rolling Thunder style wouldn't need in Saber Rider would be the doors.

lol.  Those are dumb.

I am not sure on platforming.  That really depends on the art/level/prototypes of what they show us.

You cray cray, the doors are awesome...

[elmer]

You cray cray, the doors are awesome...

Gotta agree! 

[esteban]

Doors are lame. Truth.

[Arkhan Asylum]

For this kind of game, it is.

Elevator Action is where doors belong, lol

[NightWolve]

For anyone else like me that was wondering why there was so much anime on the Kickstarter page and not noticing an idea on actual gameplay, well, it was there, it just goes by real quick (a few seconds) and you need to go fullscreen with your Youtube player.

Here's a jump link to it: https://youtu.be/uJF75jyR3Os?t=1m9s

[esteban]

^ it was so short and brief, I could barely see it.

[elmer]

For this kind of game, it is.

Elevator Action is where doors belong, lol

I guess that it all depends upon where/how you want to introduce "enemies".

Personally, I liked the panic that you got in Rolling Thunder when a bad guy came through a door close to you. Much more so than the guys that just popped out of the walls.

YMMV.

But I already wrote my Rolling Thunder rip-off, you get to do yours any way that you like! 

[Arkhan Asylum]

I can see window-appearances, but definitely no "walk in/out of doors" mechanic.   

[_Paul]

I can see window-appearances, but definitely no "walk in/out of doors" mechanic.   

Vigilante did it. Robocop did it. Let's not write it off completely yet

[Dicer]

I can see window-appearances, but definitely no "walk in/out of doors" mechanic.

What do you have against it, it's what makes RT so awesome...

Please, just give us ONE door we can get in, just don't tell us which one.

[elmer]

Please, just give us ONE door we can get in, just don't tell us which one.

A door that just takes you a small white room with no other exit, and with "The Girl from Ipanema" playing, and NOTHING else going on.

However long you stay in there, when you exit, you go back to the original game screen and NOTHING has changed! 

[HailingTheThings]

Please, just give us ONE door we can get in, just don't tell us which one.

A door that just takes you a small white room with no other exit, and with "The Girl from Ipanema" playing, and NOTHING else going on.

However long you stay in there, when you exit, you go back to the original game screen and NOTHING has changed! 

Or you enter the mystery door into a pitch-black room with the Saber Rider main theme playing in reverse. Suddenly you see what appears to be April with her back turned to you. You call out to her "April! Is that you?!" She slowly turns around, grinning and says "I'm not April. . ." She then begins to laugh maniacally as you realize that its really an Outrider with a smoking hot body, oh no!

[Arkhan Asylum]

I can see window-appearances, but definitely no "walk in/out of doors" mechanic.   

Vigilante did it. Robocop did it. Let's not write it off completely yet

I don't recall walking in/out of doors in Vigilante.   The enemies do, but you don't.

Dude comes running out of the peepee room, waving his gat around trying to shoot you.

BUT THEN YOU NUMBCHUCK HIS BULLETS BACK AT HIM BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SAVE MADONNA.


I would've left her goony ass.  She's fugly.

[_Paul]

Yeah I meant the enemies only. Not the player.

[esteban]

IF PCE Saber Riders doesn't have a light gun stage (or three), then I call bullshit. Inspiration for light stages should be Bayou Billy and Hogan's Alley.

[o.pwuaioc]

IF PCE Saber Riders doesn't have a light gun stage (or three), then I call bullshit. Inspiration for light stages should be Bayou Billy and Hogan's Alley.

Ban please.

[esteban]

IF PCE Saber Riders doesn't have a light gun stage (or three), then I call bullshit. Inspiration for light stages should be Bayou Billy and Hogan's Alley.

Light Gun, please.

I fixed that for you.

And, thanks for the support!

[Psycho Punch]

Saber Riders should have a fleshlight supported stage.

[HailingTheThings]

^ Ahhh!!!

[o.pwuaioc]

http://pling.tableofvisions.com/projekte/show/22/Saber%20Rider%20and%20the%20Star%20Sheriffs%20-%20The%20Game

Arkhan, any idea about their earlier successful crowdfunding campaign that went nowhere?

[Psycho Punch]

Oh shit.

[LostFlunky]

The Pling crowdfunding was addressed on the Kickstarter page - in German:

"I was at this pling that counts yet? (German only)

Yes for sure! The pling-supporters have not been forgotten.
Each Plinger is automatically involved and gets the donated sum to pling automatically be playing with the appropriate Reward of Kickstarter.
In addition, all Plinger be mentioned by name in the credits.
For some this was anyway part of his old Rewards."

[NecroPhile]

Great..... did I throw money at vaporware?